Meanings
plural containerizations · alternative containerisation
- countableuncountableThe process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport, especially shipping containers.
Again, because containerisation had yet to arrive, we loaded and unloaded the lot by hand.
2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 79 - countableuncountablecomputingSoftware virtualization at the level of the operating system.
These cloud deployments become simple due to well-defined and matured cloud technologies such as containerization, virtual infrastructure, orchestration, CI/CD, etc.
2022, Pethuru Raj, Anupama C. Raman, Harihara Subramanian, Cognitive Internet of Things: Enabling Technologies, Platforms, and Use Cases, CRC Press, →ISBN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ten-
- Proto-Indo-European*tn̥eh₁yéti
- Proto-Italic*tenēō
- Latinteneō
- Latincontineō
- Latincontinēre
- Old Frenchcontenir
- Middle Englishconteinen
- Middle Englishconteiner
- Englishcontainer
- Englishcontainerization
From container + -ization.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French conteneurisation
- conteneurisationthe process of containerizing
Italian containerizzazione
- containerizzazionethe process of containerizing
Polish konteneryzacja
- konteneryzacjathe process of containerizing
Swedish containerisering
- containeriseringthe process of containerizing
Cite this entry
containerization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/containerization
“containerization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/containerization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “containerization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/containerization.
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